2025-2026 National Inclusion Champions Revealed

We are delighted to reveal our new National Inclusion Champions for 2025-26. Securing the coveted title in the third year of the award are: Oaklands School Leicester, Mill Hill Nursery School Sunderland, Castleway Primary School Wirral, Kingsnorth Primary School Kent, Bush Hill Park Primary School Enfield, Athelney Primary School London, Babington Academy Leicester and Broadway Academy Birmingham.

Inclusion is Front and Centre

Each of these schools has demonstrated excellence when it comes to inclusive practice. They have created welcoming schools where diversity is cherished and celebrated and have shown they are willing to work with other schools to spread the powerful message of inclusion across the UK.

Congratulating the new National Inclusion Champions, Joe McCann, CEO of IQM explained, “We are now in the third year of the award, and we continue to be blown away by the exemplary inclusive practice happening in IQM schools. They have shown that inclusion is front and centre of daily life in their schools, and that every child, teacher, and parent should thrive in an environment that is eager to support them. We look forward to seeing what our new Champions do next, and how they share their best practice with schools far and wide. These schools embody the IQM vision of supporting inclusive pratice and increasing life chances!”

Thank You

Joe continued, “This year we saw a very high calibre of entries submitted from right across the UK. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter and share their fantastic inclusive practice with us. We admire your passion when it comes to inclusion, and the creativity and ingenuity which you have employed to allow inclusion to flourish in your schools is truly commendable.”